Meves's starling
{{Short description|Species of bird}}
{{Speciesbox
| name = Meves's starling
| image = Lamprotornis mevesii 107565583.jpg
| image_caption=In Mapungubwe National Park, Limpopo, South Africa
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| taxon = Lamprotornis mevesii
| authority = (Wahlberg, 1856)
| synonyms =
| range_map = Verbreitungsgebiet-Distribution area Lamprotornis mevesii.jpg
| range_map_caption = {{legend0|#23df01| native range}}
}}
Meves's starling (Lamprotornis mevesii) or Meves's glossy-starling, is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Its common name and Latin binomial commemorate the German ornithologist Friedrich Wilhelm Meves.{{cite book|last=Beolens|first=Bo|title=Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds|year=2003|publisher=Christopher Helm|location=London|page=233|author2=Watkins, Michael}}
Gallery
Glossy Starling, at Kruger National Park, South Africa (13877660855).jpg|Juvenile bird in the Kruger Park
Meves's starling, Lamprotornis mevesii, at Mapungubwe National Park, Limpopo, South Africa. (47135565862).jpg|Adult bird showing coppery iridescence on flank plumage
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Lamprotornis mevesii}}
- Meves's starling = Longtailed Starling - [http://sabap2.adu.org.za/docs/sabap1/763.pdf Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds].
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Category:Birds of Southern Africa
Category:Taxa named by Johan August Wahlberg
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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